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Friday, June 11, 2010

Free Pattern Friday: SeaMist Scarf or Stole

Finally [ and apologies because it took me longer than I anticipated ] here's the 'recipe' for my SeaMist Stole - which I mainly wear as a scarf, so I'm calling it both of those.

This was essentially an exercise to see how far I could go with a single ball of Noro Kureyon Sock which has a fairly impressive 420 metres per ball. If you want to sub another sock weight yarn, you'll need to watch the yardage.NOTE: If you've never used Kureyon before, don't be put off by the stringy texture on the ball ... a nice bath in cheapo hair conditioner and it softens up quite nicely.

FURTHER NOTE: Kureyon changes colour approximately every 15 metres. As I knit that's a fairly close appoximation of one repeat of this pattern, however, as always, your mileage may vary.It was pure chance that the ball I chose had a colour change just where I started my cast on. Serendipity really.

I added an extra eyelet row to the stitch pattern once I worked out that it would produce these lovely stripes.

you'd think so, wouldn't you anon? but no, the pattern repeat is multiple of 6 PLUS 1 [ 10 repeats +1 = 61 ] PLUS 2 extra each end for the garter stitch border = 65 ... and if you're wondering what happened to the 3rd border stitch on each end ... well, it was always there as the starting stitch of the first repeat, and that pesky plus 1 at the other end.Hope this answers your question.

Okay anon, I've just reknitted row 4 and it IS correct, although I perhaps could have phrased it differently. [ and will change it now based on your feedback ]When you've done the last repeat up to the YO knit 1, you do indeed have 2 stitches left on the needle to by knit. I was expressing this as YO knit 3 [ as in YO k1, plus 2 more ]but if that's causing you confusion i am absolutely sure you won't be the only one. Consider it reworded :]

About Me

Walking the fine line between creativity and obsession on my 10 acres of bushland. I share my life with my severely autistic son, and also my daugher and son-in-law, 4 cats and 4 goats, a very small dog who apparently thinks he's a Rottweiler ... or a cat ... and a collection of fabrics and fibres that can be seen from space.